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Word: light (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...that an obligation beyond what a man can reasonably be expected to repay in the years immediately following graduation, results in moral depression and defeatism, culminating in a "What the hell, why bother about anything" attitude. This policy is not unreasonable, but it should be re-examined in the light of the present situation. The veteran who needs help does not require a large sum. He comes to college with what amounts to an $1100 scholarship; another three or four hundred dollars per school year is all that he needs to meet his minimum expenses. Since most veterans will finish...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Citizens First | 11/30/1946 | See Source »

...full years of broadcasting over steam pipes and electric light lines will be marked by the Crimson Network on Monday evening...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Network Celebrates Sixth Season in Radio | 11/30/1946 | See Source »

...special Mary Lou Williams composition, "Lovely Lummox," the bespectacled Mr. Hall stood behind the microphone between the piano and the trumpet, his pate and fingernails vying for prominence in the brilliance of the spot light, and while the drummer's arms wildly flailed a quivering tropical tom tom, delivered himself of chorus after chorus of crying, impassioned music. He hits the notes on the edge, punching them out hoarsely and exuberantly, soaring up and down in a rapid shuffle rhythm; but the old majestic grandeur, characteristic of those of his profession who were trained where the Mississippi spills into...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Jazz | 11/29/1946 | See Source »

...awaited filler for this void, but its success demands more interest from without and more organization from within than was displayed yesterday in the Fogg Large Lecture Room. Friedman's play, victim of last-minute cutting and the resulting confusion of the actors, was hardly seen in a fair light. And the people present watched more with the attitude of a small band of die-hards than that of an audience...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: From the Pit | 11/27/1946 | See Source »

...eleven that could stand this year's on its head. At any rate the master-mind will be in there pitching, as his wife could probably tell you. She woke up at 6:30 o'clock this past Sunday,--if the tale is not apocryphal--found Mr. Harlow's light on, and asked him to explain. The reply: "Just thinking up a couple of plays for next year's Yale game, my dear...

Author: By J. ANTHONY Lewis, | Title: Lining Them Up | 11/27/1946 | See Source »

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